In this game, not only the result was jaw-dropping, but most importantly, the format of the whole game was enough to surprise people.

To say that Gu Xingzhi competes with three Michelin three-star chefs, such a peak competition, it is really difficult to find out who is qualified to comment in the world, not to mention those Michelin royal food commentators, these guys usually score okay, and it is still a little worse to really judge this level of competition.

In the end, Gu Xingzhi and the three of them reached a gentleman's agreement, and the four of them jointly elected a food reviewer as one of the members of the judging team, and the remaining four people from both sides scored each other.

Why is it a gentleman's agreement, because to be honest, this kind of competition is very subjective, if you ask a guy like Wu Ming to say it, no matter if Gu Xingzhi makes a **** or not, Wu Ming can say that it is delicious.

Therefore, Gu Xingzhi chose the three most honorable three-star chefs in his mind, to be honest, when a chef can be a chef, in addition to superb skills, people will also be in a realm, this realm is that Lao Tzu wants to be the right cook, when tasting the other party's dishes, regardless of whether he is competing with himself, he must also give a fair result.

In the final result of the game, as Wu Ming saw, Gu Xingzhi used the dishes in the Chinese food to defeat the opponent's three chefs' team with a score of 3 to 2, and finally won the honor for the Chinese food.

This matter quickly spread all over the country, but Wu Ming had been busy helping Yingying see a doctor some time ago, and he had no impression of this matter.

Unexpectedly, he knew about this matter, he actually knew it from the webpage, Wu Ming excitedly took out his mobile phone, and wanted to call Gu Xingzhi, but at this time, Wu Ming's mobile phone rang first.

Gu Xingzhi called, Wu Ming answered the phone, with a smile in his voice: "My Chef Gu, you are really amazing, for such a long time, I thought you were working in a decent Jiangnan restaurant, I didn't expect to make such a big news for me, why didn't you say it earlier, I knew that I would send Lu Fei'er and them over now, and make this matter bigger." ”

Gu Xingzhi smiled slightly, "Of course you are a busy person who can't take care of my side, if you wait for you to remember, by that time the daylily will be cold, you can rest assured, Bai Bin has already asked Miss Lu to come to Jiangnan Restaurant a week ago, this time Miss Lu has hyped up, I believe that it will soon spread all over the country, and at that time, Jiangnan Restaurant may become the most famous restaurant in China at least within a week, and it is even very likely to surpass the former imperial kitchen restaurant like Fangshan Restaurant." ”

Wu Ming smiled: "That's great, I just wanted you to help me take care of it, don't let the Jiangnan restaurant lose money, now it seems that the Jiangnan restaurant is likely to surpass the Xiangwen Hall, don't say anything, I'll let someone book a plane ticket for me in the afternoon, and I'll come to celebrate you immediately." ”

"That's not necessary. Gu Xingzhi said: "I have gotten off the plane now, and now I am in the provincial capital, Bai Bin came to pick me up today, I will go to Wujia Village in about an hour, if you want to celebrate me at that time, please celebrate at your house, it just so happens that I haven't seen Xiaowan for a long time, this time I came back to celebrate my success, and the other is to see my baby daughter, to see if you guys take good care of her." ”

Wu Ming was overjoyed: "Okay, that's great, I'll wait for you at home." ”

Half an hour later, Gu Xingzhi and Bai Bin and his party came to the door of Wu Ming's house in Wujia Village, Wu Ming took Gu Xiaowan and others to greet Gu Xingzhi at the door at this time, when Gu Xiaowan saw his father returning with honors, he jumped up excitedly and hugged Gu Xingzhi tightly: "Dad, you are so good, I know what you can do, you are the best chef." ”

Gu Xingzhi had mixed feelings in his heart, because he lost his sense of taste, he almost scrapped the rest of his career completely, and he didn't expect to see Wu Ming, not only did Wu Ming help Xiaowan cure his illness, but even helped him regain his confidence, and took Gu Xingzhi to fight to become China's king of southern chefs.

Not only that, but now that he has seized the opportunity to do something, Gu Xingzhi feels extremely relieved.

The group was at Wu Ming's house, and at this time Wu Ming had already set up a family banquet: "Chef Gu, the best chef in the world is you, but these home-cooked dishes are the taste of home, and you must not dislike them." ”

At the banquet, everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, chatted very happily, and after eating, Wu Ming and Gu Xingzhi walked on the mountain road, Wu Ming At this time, Wu Ming found that Gu Xingzhi seemed to have some words and stopped.

"Chef Gu, if there is anything to do, you might as well say it directly. Wu Ming said: "Everyone is their own person, why be polite." ”

Gu Xingzhi was stunned: "I knew that I couldn't hide it from you, it was like this Wu Ming, if it weren't for you back then, my career as a chef would have been completely over, I was born to my parents in this life, but the person who gave me the grace of reinvention was you." ””

Wu Ming hurriedly waved his hand: "I said Chef Gu, what are you talking about, everyone is your own person, it sounds good to say this." ”

"No, no, no. Gu Xingzhi continued: "This is the truth, I know that you helped me at the beginning, not necessarily let me give you something in return, but I, Gu Xingzhi, am a person who knows how to repay my kindness, you helped me at the beginning, I must do something for you like this." But in fact, for a long time, all I could offer you was the signature of a three-Michelin-starred chef, and even if he later won the title of King of Southern Chefs, after all, the popularity of that kind of competition was still slightly worse.

But this time it's different, not only in China with Lu Fei'er to help hype, but also the matter itself has attracted a lot of foreign media, now Jiangnan Restaurant is already one of the most well-known restaurants at home and abroad, and it may even affect the world's perception of Chinese food in the future, so Jiangnan Restaurant, now it is not an exaggeration to say, is already a banner in the Chinese food industry. ”

Wu Ming nodded: "Yes, so what do you want to say?" Chef Gu, why do I still feel that you have something to say." ”

Gu Xingzhi lowered his head and said as if he was embarrassed: "I...... I want to retire. ”

Wu Ming was taken aback: "What, retire! Chef Gu, you are not mistaken, you don't retire early or late, but you retired at your peak, is this kind of reputation too much pressure on you? It's okay Chef Gu, reputation is this thing, you can earn it again if you don't earn it back, even if you can't earn it back, that thing won't let us lose a piece of meat, the most important thing is the feeling of everyone fighting side by side together, I, Wu Ming, can recruit top talents like you, it's my honor, I don't want to lose you when you're at your highest." ”

Gu Xingzhi laughed: "I didn't mean that, I didn't say that I wanted to leave you, I just said that I wanted to retire and didn't want to continue to stay on the front line as a chef." ”

Wu Ming thought for a while: "In this way, do you think that the front line is too hard? This should not be, although the daily work of the executive chef may be a little more stressful, but in fact, there are not many real transactional things, and you don't even need to do it yourself, why ......?"

"I know, that's not what I'm talking about. Gu Xingzhi said: "I have an idea, I hope you can support it." ”

Wu Ming nodded: "If you have an idea, don't be afraid to say it, if you do it, Chef Gu, you can say it." ”

"I want to start a school, a cooking school. Gu Xingzhi said: "I know, you may think that my ideas are relatively naïve, I am not afraid of your jokes when I say it, I Gu Xingzhi, I am also a person with ideals, when I was learning cooking, I thought that one day, I must let Chinese food rise." ”

Wu Ming smiled: "Haven't you already raised the head of Chinese food?" ”

Gu Xingzhi shook his head: "No, it's still too far away, to be honest, traditional Chinese restaurants are actually difficult to go to the high-end, I will make an analogy and you will understand."

How does Japanese food compare to Chinese food? ”

Wu Ming didn't even think about it: "The little devil's rice, what kind of taste can it have, the total product of the three islands in Dongying is so little, what flowers can they make, this cooking skill has a lot to do with whether the land is rich or not, you look at the old Maozi in the north of us, they are in a bitter and cold place, and in the end they can only make a shoddy dish like beetroot soup, right."

Little stick country, there is no fart thing, poor Baba can only eat kimchi every day, and now he is licking his face and saying that kimchi is the most awesome dish, this is not a joke.

If you want to say, it is also to our Celestial Empire, plus the two places of Western Europe and Southern Europe behind the rich products and cultural accumulation, what kind of French food and Italian food do you want...... Yes, yes, the Arabic cuisine in the Middle East, that's pretty good. ”

Gu Xingzhi nodded: "Okay, what you said is good, it's a bit insightful, but do you know what is the most high-end Asian restaurant or the most high-end Asian cuisine in foreign countries, especially in Europe and the United States?"

Wu Ming thought for a while and said, "It should be the most popular thing in our country." ”

Gu Xingzhi shook his head and said: "It's sushi, a small piece of sushi, the little devil made that thing into a flower, on the one hand, they have a spirit of seeking truth in their bones, and they have to pick out the details of everything with you, to put it bluntly, they have a special personality."

On the other hand, these guys are very good at gimmicks, so a lot of times, their dishes give people a high-end feel, and our Chinese food, to be honest, when people eat it, they think it should be fast food.

Of course, there is another important reason, that is, our Chinese people really love to eat, and now a random person, with a little money, asks him what kind of small business he does, and 90% of them say that they want to open a restaurant, and you say yes. ”

Wu Ming nodded: "I understand that overseas Chinese have opened a lot of Chinese restaurants abroad, but is there anything wrong with this? Isn't this just enough to make our Chinese food flourish?"

"You are wrong, it is because there are too many, the entry threshold is too low, so our arbitration gives people a cheap, popular feeling, in fact, we have a lot of high-end dishes, but in the catering management, the service is too lacking.

Any person, who enrolls in a class for two days, dares to put on a chef's uniform and appoint himself a chef to take care of a small restaurant. It is because most of the Chinese restaurants exist in this form that those foreigners think that we are not good. Gu Xingzhi said: "I won this competition, it seems that I have earned face for Chinese food, but to be honest, it is likely to be a flash in the pan abroad." After the incident, those foreigners may still eat low-end dishes such as orange peel chicken, and think that this is Chinese food.

Therefore, I want to open a cooking school, not only to teach some real, technical cooking skills, but also to spread the word about food management, which can be regarded as a little contribution to our Chinese food industry. ”

Hearing Gu Xingzhi say this, Wu Ming's eyes lit up: "Okay, Chef Gu, I think this can be done, otherwise, I will find a way to go back and let someone help you run the formalities immediately."

I, Wu Ming, have done so many things for the relevant departments in Panlong County and Jinghai County, and it should be no problem to find someone to help me with this matter, by the way, Chef Gu, have you told me about this matter alone?"

Gu Xingzhi nodded: "That's right, until now, I'm with you...... No, strictly speaking, there is another person, and you will know when the time comes. ”

Wu Ming smiled: "Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't want to say it now, I'll help you do it right away." When the time comes, you will be the principal, and you and I will each have half of the shares. ”

Gu Xingzhi hurriedly shook his head: "You have given me enough, this time you are the one who pays to help me realize my dream, it would be good to be able to start a class, I don't want any shares, let me be the principal, just do what I want to do." ”

Wu Ming waved his hand: "Love is love, business is business, if it weren't for you, I, Wu Ming, would open a cooking school, who recognizes me, you can rest assured and wait for my good news." ”

(End of chapter)